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Robert Z Hawkins Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
50
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$18,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
43 to 74
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$16M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Robert Z Hawkins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving50$1.3M20%
FY202343$1.4M5%
FY202250$1.5M24%
FY202174$1.5M41%
FY202059$1.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$2.0MEducation$1.0MArts & Culture$898kYouth Development$610kFood & Nutrition$567kHuman Services$563kRecreation & Sports$298kPhilanthropy$170kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Robert Z Hawkins Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc$445,00050%
Nevada Museum of Art$263,50051%
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada$255,25050%
Note-Able Music Therapy Services$250,00054%
Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services$228,00040%
Care Chest of Sierra Nevada$215,00053%
Renown Health Foundation$184,00050%
The 1701 Group Fka Assistance League of Reno-Sparks$150,00053%
Artown$145,00044%
Community Health Alliance$145,00030%
Domestic Violence Resource Center$125,00053%
Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows$120,50040%
Northern Nevada Legal Aid$100,00021%
Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation$95,00051%
Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley$95,00041%
Nevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults$95,00043%
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc$90,00050%
For Kids Foundation$80,00056%
Eddy House$75,05041%
Reno Philharmonic Association Inc$70,00041%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nothern Nevada Inc$63,60532%
Sierra School of Performing Arts$60,66557%
Nevada Health Centers Inc$60,00030%
Nevada Youth Empowerment Project$60,00046%
Sierra Kids Foundation Inc$57,500424%
Adopt a Vet Dental Program Inc$55,00032%
Soulful Seeds$50,00036%
Special Recreation Services Inc$45,00044%
New Reno Little Theater$41,20025%
Nevada Woodchucks Inc$40,202519%
Arts for All Nevada$40,00053%
Brewery Arts Center$39,000328%
Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe$35,00030%
Healthy Communities of Lyon and Storey Counties$35,00020%
Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation$32,50041%
The National Judicial College$30,00020%
A V a Ballet Theatre$26,00042%
The First Tee of Northern Nevada$25,00051%
Community Chest Inc$25,00030%
Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Incorporated$20,0002n/a
The Greater Reno Community Ice Skating Association$20,00011%
The Empowerment Center$20,00011%
Nevada Institute of Forensic Nursing$20,00015%
Churchill Arts Council$20,00024%
Sierra Nevada Journeys$20,00011%
Ridge House Inc$19,00011%
Casa de Vida$17,00014%
Reno Bike Project Inc$15,35031%
Nevada Area Council Boy Scouts of America 329$15,00011%
Safe Embrace$15,00021%
Saint Francis of Assisi Food Pantry$15,000110%
Walker Basin Conservancy$13,55010%
Nevada Humane Society$12,50010%
Urban Roots Garden Classrooms$11,30012%
Sierra Association of Foster Families$11,0001n/a
The Orchestra & Community Choral$10,54041%
The Greenhouse Project$10,00014%
Nevada Artists Co-Op Gallery$10,0001n/a
Center for Adaptive Riding$10,00016%
Reno Dance Company$10,00016%
Access to Healthcare Network Inc$10,00010%
Carson Valley Arts Council$10,00017%
Bristlecone Family Resources$10,00011%
Child Assault Prevention Project of Washoe County$6,00014%
Tahoe Rim Trail Association$6,00010%
Reno Chamber Orchestra Inc$5,10010%
Consolidated Agencies of Human Services$5,00011%
Junior Achievement of Northern Nevada$5,00012%
Veterans Guest House Inc$5,00010%
Between Horses and Humans$5,00016%
Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans$5,00011%
Bees4vets$5,0001n/a
Advocates to End Domestic Violence$5,00010%
Disability Resources Inc$5,00010%
Reno Pops Orchestra$4,57026%
Sierra Nevada Ballet$4,55021%
Reno Jazz Orchestra$2,20011%
Northern Nevada Rural Concert Initiative$2,0001n/a
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Robert Z Hawkins Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $445,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $263,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $255,250 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNote-Able Music Therapy Services: $250,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetNorthern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services: $228,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCare Chest of Sierra Nevada: $215,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $184,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe 1701 Group Fka Assistance League of Reno-Sparks: $150,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetArtown: $145,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetCommunity Health Alliance: $145,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDomestic Violence Resource Center: $125,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows: $120,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Nevada Legal Aid: $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNorthern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation: $95,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Mason Valley: $95,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults: $95,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetChannel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFor Kids Foundation: $80,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetEddy House: $75,050 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetReno Philharmonic Association Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Nothern Nevada Inc: $63,605 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSierra School of Performing Arts: $60,665 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetNevada Health Centers Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Youth Empowerment Project: $60,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetSierra Kids Foundation Inc: $57,500 over 4y, 24% of budgetAdopt a Vet Dental Program Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSoulful Seeds: $50,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetSpecial Recreation Services Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetNew Reno Little Theater: $41,200 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetNevada Woodchucks Inc: $40,202 over 5y, 19% of budgetArts for All Nevada: $40,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetBrewery Arts Center: $39,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHealthy Communities of Lyon and Storey Counties: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTruckee Meadows Parks Foundation: $32,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe National Judicial College: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetA V a Ballet Theatre: $26,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetThe First Tee of Northern Nevada: $25,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity Chest Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Greater Reno Community Ice Skating Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Empowerment Center: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNevada Institute of Forensic Nursing: $20,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetChurchill Arts Council: $20,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSierra Nevada Journeys: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRidge House Inc: $19,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCasa de Vida: $17,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetReno Bike Project Inc: $15,350 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNevada Area Council Boy Scouts of America 329: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The E L Cord FoundationNV101.3× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The E L Cord Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Estelle J Kelsey Foundation · The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc · Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation · Helen Close Charitable Foundation · Renown Health

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Robert Z Hawkins Foundation

How much does Robert Z Hawkins Foundation give?
Robert Z Hawkins Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $1,321,805 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 74 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Robert Z Hawkins Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (29%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Robert Z Hawkins Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ($445k), Nevada Museum of Art ($264k), Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada ($255k).
Does Robert Z Hawkins Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert Z Hawkins Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert Z Hawkins Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The E L Cord Foundation, Dermody Properties Foundation, NV Energy Charitable Foundation.
Where is Robert Z Hawkins Foundation based?
Robert Z Hawkins Foundation is based in NV.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 115 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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